Health, Medical Research & Disabilities
Ensuring the health and wellness of all Americans is a guiding principle for Senator Markey’s work in Congress. Senator Markey believes health care is a right, not a privilege and has worked to ensure that all Americans, especially children, have access to affordable, quality health care. He has fought to protect and strengthen Medicare and Medicaid benefits for the most vulnerable in society. He also has been a champion for health and medical research, consumer protection, the disabled, and the fight against Alzheimer's disease.
Senator Markey has a long history of supporting federal research in science and technology. On a yearly basis, Senator Markey advocates during appropriation season for increased funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) responsible for funding various biomedical and basic science research projects, which help us better understand the origin of disease and assist developing cures.
- Combatting the Prescription Drug & Heroin Epidemic
- Children’s Health
- Disabilities
- Medical Devices
- Medical Privacy
- Medical Research and National Institutes of Health
- Medicare & Medicaid
- Senior Health & Alzheimer's Disease
- Toxics
- Senators Demand Answers After DEA Avoids Query on Enforcement Efforts Against Wholesale Opioid Distributors Posted on 01/18/17
- Markey Statement on President Obama’s Final Address Posted on 01/11/17
- Markey: Repealing Obamacare Is Repealing Hope For Millions Suffering from Opioid Addiction Posted on 01/10/17
- Senator Markey Calls on President-elect Trump to Condemn Philippine President Duterte’s Violent Anti-Drug Campaign Posted on 01/04/17
- New 2015 Opioid Overdose Death Data Calls for Immediate Action on Illicit Fentanyl Says Markey Posted on 12/21/16
- Senator Markey Commends Final Rule to Combat Seafood Fraud and Illegal and Unregulated Fishing Posted on 12/09/16
- Senator Markey Praises Surgeon General’s Findings on the Dangers of E-Cigarettes Posted on 12/08/16